• KAVAJI BHALE
• Khanderao Jadhav

The skin is the largest organ in the human body, protecting it from the effects of the external environment. Although highly self-healing, severe skin defects do not heal on their own and must be covered with skin substitutes. Significant advances have been made in the field of skin tissue engineering in recent years for the development of new skin substitutes. This review mainly focuses on achieving the specifications of an ideal garment. This chapter discusses the use of hydrogels, both natural and synthetic, that can be used for wound healing applications. Due to its high porosity, good biocompatibility, tunable Physico-chemical properties, and benefits for wound healing, hydrogels with excellent performance have attracted extensive attention and a wide range of applications. New effective hydrogel bandages have been widely developed. In this review, after presenting several commonly used strategies for hydrogel synthesis, the most recent advances in polymer-based wound dressings are discussed. Finally, the challenges and future prospects for the development of hydrogels for wound dressings were exposed.

Hydrogels, wound dressings, wound classification, and wound healing.

"A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HYDROGELS FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE CHRONIC WOUNDS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.b188-b205, July-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207121.pdf

"A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HYDROGELS FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE CHRONIC WOUNDS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no. ppb188-b205, July-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2207121.pdf